Mayors Are Very Different, Because Mayors Can't Be On Both Sides Of Every Issue. Mayors Have To Take An Explicit Stance. Just Go With Your Gut And Say What You Believe, And You'll Be Fine. If You're Not Fine, At Least You'll Like What You See In The Mirror.

-Michael Bloomberg

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Like Israel, New York City's History Has Been Defined By Immigrants Who Come In Search Of Freedom And The Opportunity To Build A Better Life. And Like Israel, New York City Has Remained A Target For Terrorists Who Seek To Destroy That Freedom

New York

Opportunity

Cities

Buy What's Deliverable, Not What Could Be.

Expectations

We've Continued Progress In The Six Months Since Trump Got Elected, And The Good Thing About What We're Doing Is That Success Begets Success. As We Bring Down Greenhouse Gases, For Example, We've Closed Half Of The Coal-fired Power Plants In The Country In Recent Years. There's More Impetus To Try To Close The Other Half Because You Can See That It Is Working. So, You Know, I Had Hoped That Trump Would Not Do That, And It Doesn't Make Any Sense To Me, But Regardless, It Is Not As Cataclysmic As It Could Be.

Country

Progress

Trying

This Society Cannot Go Forward, The Way We Have Been Going Forward, Where The Gap Between The Rich And The Poor Keeps Growing. It's Not Politically Viable; It's Not Morally Right; It's Just Not Going To Happen.

Growing

Gaps

Way

Despite Its Potential, The Federal Government Has Restricted Funding For Creating New Cell Lines - Putting The Burden Of Any Future Research Squarely On The Shoulders Of The Private Sector. Government's Most Basic Responsibility, However, Is The Health And Welfare Of Its People, So It Has A Duty To Encourage Appropriate Scientific Investigations That Could Possibly Save The Lives Of Millions.

Responsibility

Government

Cells

The Public Is Mad, Frustrated, But What The Public Wants Is Progress.

Mad

Frustrated

Progress

Being An Entrepreneur Isn't Really About Starting A Business. It's A Way Of Looking At The World: Seeing Opportunity Where Others See Obstacles, Taking Risks When Others Take Refuge.

Business

Opportunity

Entrepreneur

I Think That ... None Of [the Candidates In He Third Party] Have The Courage To Do What's Right For The Country. And I Have, Now, Two Grandchildren, Which I Didn't Have Before. I'd Like To Leave Them A Better World.

Country

Party

Grandchildren

The Problem Of Dealing With The Financial Industry Is Being Addressed Today. You Can Measure It With Interest Rates Coming Down. You Can Measure It With The Quantity Of Loans, And That Sort Of Thing. The Problem Is, That Nobody Wants To Take The Loans. Once The Banks Are Willing To Give It, That's Only Half The Problem.

Giving

Half

Want

Stubborn Isn't A Word I Would Use To Describe Myself; Pigheaded Is More Appropriate.

Use

Stubborn

Appropriate

Yes, They Broke The Law, But We Can't Deport Them. Let's Get Over This Pointing Fingers And Do Something About That, Whether It - They Have To Pay A Fine, Learn To Speak English, The History, You Can Do That. And Then You Have To Give Visas For The Skills We Need.

Law

Speak English

Skills

I'd Be Derelict In My Duty If I Didn't Go And Continue To Use Every Advantage That I Can To Promote New York's Cause.

New York

Use

Advantage

I Think [winston] Churchill Said It Was " [democracy] The Worst Of All Systems Except For All The Others." And That's Probably True. It's Never Gone Easily.

Thinking

Democracy

Gone

America Is Built Around This Premise That You Can Do It, And There Are An Awful Lot Of People Who Are Unlikely To Have Done It Who Did.

America

People

Done

Many Of America's And New York's Sons And Daughters Are Around The World Fighting For The Freedoms That The Statue Of Liberty Stands For.

Daughter

Mother

New York

The Public Wants Elected Officials Who Have Character. The Public Wants Elected Officials Who Are Willing To Stand Up And Say Things, Even If They Don't Agree With Them.

Character

Want

Agree

After Hard Work, The Biggest Determinant Is Being In The Right Place At The Right Time.

Hard Work

Right Time

Right Place

Millions Of Americans Have Contributed To Building A Stronger Israel; I've Been Proud To Be One Of Them. Last Year, I Went To Jerusalem To Help Dedicate In My Father's Name A New Mda Medical Facility Which Treats People Of All Faiths And All Nationalities Absolutely Equally.

Father

Israel

Years

I Think That Most Of The Candidates [for Presidency] Can't Run The Railroad, And I Still Worry That Whoever Gets Elected Will Have Policies Designed For Political Rather Than Practical Reasons.

Running

Thinking

Worry

I Will Say That Walking Down The Street, Getting On The Subway, Taking The Elevator, If There's One Or Two People And They Say, 'great Job, Mayor,' That Is A Real Turn-on. I Mean, Anybody That Wouldn't Find That Satisfying, Rewarding, Exciting, Thrilling - I Think They Should See The Doctor.

Jobs

Real

Mean

Government Should Not Tell You What To Do Unless There's A Compelling Public Purpose.

Government

Purpose

Should

People Vote Against Their Own Interests That All The Time. But When You Do The Polling In The U.s., It Has Gone From Less Than 50 Percent Who Thought Climate Change Was Real To 70-odd Percent. And If You Listen To The Republicans In Congress, They Used To Say, "oh, Climate Change Doesn't Exist." Then They Switched To "well, It Exists, But It's Not Man-made," To "well, I'm Going To Address The Issue." Why? Because When They Go Home, The Local Constituent Says, "wait A Second. What Are You Talking About? We Just Had A Flood. We Haven't Had Rain In A Long Time." They Can't Get Away From It.

Real

Rain

Home

Fighting Climate Change Isn't Just An Obligation We Owe To Future Generations. It's Also An Opportunity To Improve Public Health - And Drive Economic Growth - In The Here And Now.

Fighting

Opportunity

Growth

When It Comes To Public School Education, We Have Been Unwilling To Measure Our Results. We've Been Unwilling To Pay Based On Performance. We Have Tenure Where, Even If You Can't Teach, You Can't Get Fired. We've Been Unwilling To Invest In New Schools.

School

Pay

Results

Getting The Job Done Has Been The Basis For The Success My Company Has Achieved.

Jobs

Inspiration

Done

I Am What I Am And, You Know, I'm A Very Lucky Guy.

Success

Business

Good Luck

In The Game Of Life, When The Final Buzzer Sounds, The Only Stat You Carry With You Is The Number Of Assists You Made.

Graduation

Numbers

Games

I'm Trying To Change The Culture In New York City; That's Hard Enough!

New York

Cities

Trying

We All Must Recognize That Homeland Security Funds Should Be Allocated By Threat And No Other Reason.

Reason

Should

Threat

I Don't Believe That Government Is Good At Picking Technology, Particularly Technology That Is Changing. By The Time You Get It Done And Go Through Democracy, It's So Outdated.

Believe

Technology

Government

[hillary Clinton] Is Going To Decide War, Peace, And Health, Education, Livelihood For My Kids. I Want The Best Person.

War

Kids

Health Education

If It Wasn't For O'flanagan's Pub On Manhattan's Upper East Side, I Don't Know Where I Would Have Spent My Friday Nights As A Young Man.

Friday

Night

Men

Today, You're A Piranha If You Are Seen Having Coffee With Somebody From The Other Party In Many Cases.

Party

Coffee

Today

For Sure I Would Prefer Trump Had Not Withdrawn From The Paris Agreement. But The Fight Against Climate Change Is Really Done At The Local Level - Whether It's Cities, Local Governments Or The Private Sector, Corporate And Individual. No Matter What Trump Says, Nobody Is Going To Go Back And Take The Scrubber Out Or Change Back To Polluting. The Damage That Trump Can Do Is If There Are Countries That Are On The Fence About Whether They Want To Address The Issue, This Gives The Naysayers, The Doubters, Those That Don't Want To Do Anything, A Little More Ammunition.

Country

Fighting

Giving

You Can't Depend On Polls.

Polls

Depends

By Speeding The Transition To Cleaner Energy, We Can Improve The Lives Of Billions Of People, While Also Reducing The Risks We Face From A Changing Climate.

People

Risk

Energy

I'm Worried About The World Because Of Nuclear Proliferation.

Nuclear

World

Worried

The Cia Will Only Hire People With Impeccable Credentials To Be A Translator. 'impeccable Credentials' Means You've Never Lived Outside The United States.

Mean

People

United States

Keep In Mind, Mike Bloomberg's Kids And Grandkids Are Breathing That Air Just Like The Coalminers' Families Are Breathing That Air. And The Coalminers Are The Ones That Have The Conflict. They Want Their Jobs, I Understand That. They Need To Be Able To Feed Their Families. They Also Have To Worry About Their Health And The Health Of Their Families.

Kids

Worry

Mind

You've Got To Give People A Fair Chance Of Saying What They Believe, And Then You've Got To Decide, "do You Believe 'em?"

Believe

People

Giving

We Will Go Forward... We Will Never Go Back.

You Don't Make Spending Decisions, Investment Decisions, Hiring Decisions, Or Whether-you're-going-to-look-for-a-job Decisions When You Don't Know What's Going To Happen.

Jobs

Decision

Looks

We're Paying More For The Privilege Of Getting Sick And Dying Early. Once Again, It Makes No Sense. And Once Again, No One In Washington Is Talking About How To Fix It.

Talking

Sick

Dying

If You Really Believe That You're Making A Difference And That You Can Leave A Legacy Of Better Schools And Jobs And Safer Streets, Why Would You Not Spend The Money? The Objective Is To Improve The Schools, Bring Down Crime, Build Affordable Housing, Clean The Streets - Not To Have A Fair Fight.

Jobs

Believe

School

We're America, And We Have To Stop Worrying About What Happens Overseas, And To Be Optimistic, Even Though Nobody Should Think We're Not Going To Have Some Difficult Times.

Optimistic

Thinking

America

If You Look At Who Starts New Businesses, People That Are Innovative And Risk Takers. When You Look At Immigrants, You Really Have To Be An Innovator And A Risk Taker To Leave Everything You Know In The Old Country And Go To A New Country. People That Come Here In America Come Here To Work.

Country

People

Risk

Basically, The Ubr Is A Relic Of An Earlier Vision For Uddi. The Original Vision For Uddi Was As A Standard That Would Help Companies Conduct Business With Each Other In An Automated Fashion. The Idea Was That Companies Could Publish How They Wanted To Interact, And Other Companies Could Find That Information And Use It To Establish A Relationship.

Fashion

Ideas

Vision

And If I Were The President, I'd Go Out There And I'd Emphasize The Things I Have Done, And I'd Say, 'some Things Haven't Worked, And I'm Sorry About That, But I Keep Trying.' And I'm - And I Think The President Is A Very Viable Candidate, And You're Going To Have A Real Horse Race Here No Matter Who The Republican Nominee Is.

Horse

Sorry

Real

I Have Two Daughters That Are The Loves Of My Life And I Want To Leave Them A Better World, A Better Country, A Better State And A Better City.

Daughter

Country

Cities

If You Want To Know How To Solve Society's Problems, You Start Out With Better Public Education.

Want

Problem

Public Education

If Warren Buffett Made His Money From Ordinary Income Rather Than Capital Gains, His Tax Rate Would Be A Lot Higher Than His Secretary's. In Fact A Very Small Percentage Of People In This Country Pay A Big Chunk Of The Taxes.

Country

People

Ordinary

Nobody's Going To Elect Me President Of The United States.

President

United States

States

We Have An Expression In New York City Government - "in God We Trust, But For Everyone Else, Bring Data." It's So Easy To Pick Up A Sound Byte And Say, "oh, Yeah, Yeah, I Believe That," Without Really Thinking.

New York

Believe

Thinking

Five Years Have Come, And Five Years Have Gone, And Still We Stand Together As One. We Come Back To This Place To Remember The Heartbreaking Anniversary - And Each Person Who Died Here - Those Known And Unknown To Us, Whose Absence Is Always With Us.

Heart

Years

September 11

If You Have One Farm Worker, Typically They Create Three Jobs With Higher Compensation And Higher Skills - The People That Pack, The People That Ship, The People That Inspect, The People That Sell, That Sort Of Thing.

Jobs

Skills

People

You Know, If You Look Back In The 1930s, The Money Went To Infrastructure. The Bridges, The Municipal Buildings, The Roads, Those Were All Built With Stimulus Money Spent On Infrastructure. This Stimulus Bill Has Fundamentally Gone, Started Out With A $500 Rebate Check, Remember. That Went To Buy Flat-screen Tvs Made In China.

Bridges

Looks

Gone

If You Can't Prove It's Not True Then A Certain Number Of People Will Glom On And Say It Is True.

Numbers

People

Certain

The System [in U.s.] Is Designed For A Two-party System. And Those Two Parties Have An Interest In Keeping Third Parties Out. There's Too Much Of The Structure That Works In The Two-party Way. They Will Keep The Third Party Out.

Party

Two

Too Much

I Like The Theater, Dining And Chasing Women. Let Me Put It This Way: I Am A Single, Straight Billionaire In Manhattan. It's Like A Wet Dream.

Dream

Power

Dining

We Cannot Continue. Our Pension Costs And Health Care Costs For Our Employees Are Going To Bankrupt This City.

Health

Cities

Cost

I Think One Of The Great Dangers Here Is Going And Categorizing Anybody From One Religion As A Terrorist. That's Not True... That Would Let The Terrorists Win. That's What They Want Us To Do.

Winning

Thinking

Want

We Would Betray Our Values And Play Into Our Enemies' Hands If We Were To Treat Muslims Differently Than Anyone Else. In Fact, To Cave To Popular Sentiment Would Be To Hand A Victory To The Terrorists, And We Should Not Stand For That.

Hands

Play

Enemy

Leading From The Front: It's What Built America. But These Days, The Federal Government Isn't At The Front - It's Cowering In The Back Corner Of The Room, Ducking Responsibility And Hoping No One Notices.

Responsibility

Government

America

[jeb Bush] Could, As I Describe It, Run The Railroad.[john] Kasich Could Run The Railroad. Hillary Clinton Can Run The Railroad. Running The Railroad Is The Most Important Thing. You Have Got 4 Million Employees; You've Got To Make The System Work, And It Doesn't Work Very Well.

Running

Important

Railroads

When I Came Into Office, People Said, 'billionaire? How Do They Live? What Do They Eat? How Do They Sleep?' Today, They See Me On The Subway Coming Uptown. A Couple Of People Say Hi, Some People Smile And Nod. Some People Just Sleep. It's Not An Issue.

Smile

Couple

Sleep

What You've Got To Do Is Be Honest. Say What You Believe. Give It To Them Straight. Just Don't Wuss Out.

Believe

Giving

Honest

I've Always Thought If We Don't Want To Enforce Laws On The Books, We Should Remove Them From The Books. But When You Have Laws, You Breed Contempt If You Don't Enforce Them.

Book

Law

Want

Donald Trump Says He Wants To Run America Like He's Running His Business? God Help Us.

Running

America

Want

I'm Worried About The World Because There's Chaos In The Middle East, And I Think The Iranian Deal [to Lift Sanctions] Is Going To Continue The Shia-sunni Battles, The Persian-arab Battles.

Thinking

Battle

World

If You Are Honest With Yourself And If You Want To Like What You See In The Mirror, Is You Have To Say What You Really Believe.

Believe

Mirrors

Want

What Chance Does A Five-foot-seven Billionaire Jew Who's Divorced Really Have Of Becoming President?

Feet

President

Doe

Nobody Is Going To Delegate A Lot Of Power To A Secretary That They Can't Control.

Secretary

Delegates

Unemployment In America Today Is Too High. And Part Of The Reason, Unfortunately, Is That Many Companies Cannot Fill The High-skilled Jobs Increasingly At Risk Of Going Overseas.

Jobs

America

Risk

I Tend To Be Reasonably Blunt, Maybe A Little Bit Too Much. But I Just- I Always Respected People That Tell The Truth. And I've Always Wanted People To Tell Me The Truth.

People

Telling The Truth

Blunt

In Our Democracy, Near Equality Is No Equality. Government Either Treats Everyone The Same, Or It Doesn't. And Right Now It Doesn't.

Government

Democracy

Treats

Whatever You May Think Of The Proposed Mosque And Community Center, Lost In The Heat Of The Debate Has Been A Basic Question: Should Government Attempt To Deny Private Citizens The Right To Build A House Of Worship On Private Property Based On Their Particular Religion?

Thinking

Government

House

We Have To Get Control Of Our Borders. You Can Only Do That If You Make Companies Obey The Law And Not Hire Undocumented Or Illegals. They Can Only Do That Is If They Have A Social Security Card That Has Biometrics So They Know Whether The Person Is Legal Or Not.

Law

Borders

Cards

We Have Always Had, Remember, Small Groups Of Both Parties That Split Off. There Were The "blue Dog Democrats." There Were The "dixie Democrats." Democrats Were Never Going To, Ever Again, Pull Together.

Dog

Party

Blue

We Will Rebuild, Renew And Remain The Capital Of The Free World.

World

Free World

You Have To Take Away Some Of Tax Breaks For The Wealthy, And You Have To Cut Back On Some Entitlements. Because, Unless We Do All Of These Things, It Just Doesn't Work. And What's Good Theater And What's Good Politics Isn't Necessarily Good Economic Policy.

Cutting

Entitlement

Economic

Ironically, It Is Exactly Because We Are A City That Embraces Freedom, That Welcomes Everyone And Encourages Their Dreams, That New York Remains On The Front Lines In The War On Terror.

Dream

New York

War

Last I Looked - And I'm Not A Candidate - But Last Time I Checked Reading About The Constitution, The Electoral College Has Nothing To Do With Parties, Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Parties. It's Most States Are Winners Take All.

Party

Reading

College

Design Does Matter. And Not Necessarily In A Way That People Realize. A Lot Of What You Do, People Take For Granted - That A Park Has Always Been Here, That A Bicycle Lane Has Always Been There, That The Street Is Safe Or Clean.

People

Design

Doe

We Need To Have More Taxes, Not Less, And We Need The Taxes We Have, Certainly, To Provide Services - For Defense And Education And Health Care. We Should Not Cut Money Here In Order To Cut Taxes.

Cutting

Care

Health Care

Fifty Percent Of The World's Population Lives In Cities. In A Couple Of Decades, 70 Percent Of The World's Population Will Be Living In Cities. Cities Are Where The Problem Is. Cities Are Where The Solution Is, Where Creativity Exists To Address The Challenges And Where They Have Most Impact. This Is Why, In 2005, The C40 Was Founded, An Organization Of Cities That Address Climate Change. It Started With 18 Cities; Now It's 91. Cities Simply Are The Key To Saving The Planet.

Couple

Creativity

Challenges

I've Always Wondered If People Who Block Each Other From Expressing Their Opinions Do So Because They Have So Little Confidence In Their Own. To Me, Encountering An Opposing Point Of View Is A Chance To Gain A Deeper Understanding Of The Issues At Stake And Develop My Own Point Of View. But The First Thing You've Got To Do Is You've Got To Let People Speak And You've Got To Listen. And That's What The First Amendment Is All About. That's What Really Distinguishes This Country From Others.

Country

Block

Views

[donald] Trump I've Known Because We Cut Ribbons Together At Golf Courses And That Sort Of Thing. He's A Pleasant Guy When You're With Him. I've Played Golf With Him Twice, Oh, Probably 10, 15 Years Ago.

Cutting

Golf

Years

Nobody Should Ever Mistake And Think That Our Country [usa] Is Weakened, Or That Authority Is Diffuse And Unspecified, And That We Are Vulnerable.

Country

Mistake

Thinking

It's No Fun To Protest On An Empty Stomach.

Fun

Empty

Stomach

I Was The One Of Those Students Who Made The Top Half Of The Class Possible.

Class

Half

Students

Every One Of My Positions Cuts - Out Half The Country. I'm Pro-choice, I'm Pro-gay Rights, I'm Pro-immigration, I'm Against Guns, I Believe In Darwin.

Country

Believe

Cutting

We All Know That Election Reform Takes Time. That's Because Those Who Have Benefited From The System Are The Ones Who Fight Hardest To Preserve It. So If We're Going To Succeed, We Need An Independent Coalition Of Citizens Who Believe In Reform, Who Believe That Our Election Laws Should Treat Every Voter Equally, Who Believe That Low Levels Of Competition And Participation Are Not Healthy For Democracy. The Independence Party Is Helping To Build That Coalition And I Am Happy To Join You In Doing So.

Party

Believe

Independent

The Cold Harsh Reality Is That We Have To Balance The Budget.

Reality

Balance

Cold

Taxes Are Not Good Things, But If You Want Services, Somebody's Got To Pay For Them So They're A Necessary Evil.

Success

Business

Responsibility

The World Trade Center Site Will Forever Hold A Special Place In Our City, In Our Hearts. But We Would Be Untrue To The Best Part Of Ourselves And Who We Are As New Yorkers And Americans If We Said No To A Mosque In Lower Manhattan.

Heart

Cities

Forever

I Was A Democrat Before I Was A Republican Before I Became An Independent And I Never Changed My Principles.

Independent

Funny Graduation

Principles

I Never Lie, So If Somebody Asked Me A Question, I Told Them.

Lying

Never Lie

Ifs

The Truth Of The Matter Is: You Can Create A Great Legacy, And Inspire Others, By Giving It To Philanthropic Organizations.

Organization

Giving

Inspire

Look, We Live In A Very Dangerous World. We Know There Are People Who Want To Take Away Our Freedoms. New Yorkers Probably Know That As Much If Not More Than Anybody Else After The Terrible Tragedy Of 9/11.

Dangerous World

People

Tragedy

My Personal View Is, Why Don't You Get Out There And Try To Do Something About The Things That You Don't Like, Create The Jobs That We Are Lacking, Rather Than Just Yell And Scream. But If You Want To Yell And Scream, We'll Make Sure You Can Do It.

Jobs

Wall

Views

Our Goal Here In New York Is To Ensure That Every Child Who Graduates High School Is Ready To Start A Career Or Start College And To Dramatically Increase The Number Of Students That Graduate From College.

New York

Children

School

Most Gun Dealers Follow The Law And Run Honest Businesses. But The Statistics Show That 1 Percent Of Dealers Sell More Than Half Of All Illegal Guns. Why Isn't The Federal Government Going After Them? Here's One Reason: Unlike Mayors, Members Of Congress Don't Get A Phone Call In The Middle Of The Night When A Cop Is Shot And Killed. They Don't Deliver The Eulogies.

Running

Night

Gun

There Is No Business In America That Would Be Prevented From Taking Results Into Account When Making Personnel Decisions.

America

Decision

Would Be

Someone Once Described The Information Business As Exactly The Opposite Of Sex. When It's Good, It's Still Lousy.

Sex

Opposites

Information

Government Caters To Those Screaming The Loudest, Regardless Of What They're Screaming About. In Business, It's Exactly The Opposite! You Invest More In The Most Successful Departments, And Less In Those That Aren't Performing.

Business

Successful

Government

To A Contrarian Like Me, Constant Advice Not To Do Something Almost Always Starts Me Quickly Down The Risky, Unpopular Path.

Advice

Path

Constant

Don't Be Afraid To Assert Yourself, Have Confidence In Your Abilities And Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down.

Business

Entrepreneur

Funding

We Should Remember It Wasn't So Long Ago That Confidence In New York Was In Short Supply.

New York

Long Ago

Remember

Partisanship May Be King In Washington - But The Rest Of Us Don't Have To Pay Tribute.

Kings

May

Pay

What Has Changed Is That People Have Stopped Working Together.

People

Together

Working Together

The Main Claim To Fame, I Think, Of Bernie Sanders - Who I've Never Met; I'm Sure He's A Pleasant Guy - [is That] He's Certainly Not Stupid.

Stupid

Thinking

Guy

I Know How To Make Decisions And Stand Up To The Criticism Every Day.

Inspirational

Entrepreneur

Decision

We're [new York] The World's Second Home, The Place Where Every Religion Is Practiced And Every Culture Is Celebrated.

New York

Home

Culture

We Have Reduced Poverty In The World By 50% Since The Year 1970 - The Number Of People Who Go To Bed Hungry, The Number Of People That Have To Sleep Without A Roof Over Their Heads, The Number Of People That Are Illiterate.the World Is Better.

Sleep

Years

Numbers

In Fact, You See Hillary [clinton] Moving Very Far To The Left. You See All The Republicans Moving Very Far To The Right.

Moving

Facts

Republican

If I Remember, Russia, 20 Or 30 Years Ago, You'd Get Shot Trying To Leave. Today, Russian Tourists Are All Over The World. You Have Russian Oligarchs With Big Yachts All Over The World.

Russia

Years

Trying

I Like What I See When I Look In The Mirror. If I Get Sentimental, I Look And Say, "uh. It's A Bad Day. They Beat Up On Me," This, That, And The Other Thing. But Ya Know? We've Spent One Billion Trying To Convince People To Not Smoke. It's Been Phenomenally Successful. We've Probably Saved Millions Of Lives. There Aren't Many People That Have Done That. So, You Know, When I Get To Heaven, I'm Not Sure I'm Gonna Stand For An Interview. I'm Going Right In.

Bad Day

Successful

People

We've Shown The World That New York Can Never Be Defeated, Because Of Its Dynamic And Diverse Population And Because It Embodies The Spirit Of Enterprise And The Love Of Liberty. And Because No Matter Who You Are, If You Believe In Yourself And Your Dream, New York Will Always Be The Place For You.

Dream

New York

Business

Nobody's Going To Go Home For A Year And Come Back. Nobody Could Ever Enforce That. Nobody In Their Right Mind Would Ever Try To Do It.

Home

Years

Mind

The Politics Of Partisanship And The Resulting Inaction And Excuses Have Paralyzed Decision-making, Primarily At The Federal Level, And The Big Issues Of The Day Are Not Being Addressed, Leaving Our Future In Jeopardy.

Issues

Decision

Leaving

In Business, When You Fail At Something, When Something Doesn't Work, You Say Okay, We've Learned That That's Not A Path To Go Down.

Path

Failing

Okay

This Is The City Of Dreamers And Time And Again It's The Place Where The Greatest Dream Of All, The American Dream, Has Been Tested And Has Triumphed.

Dream

Native American

Cities

My Father, A Bookkeeper Who Never Earned More Than $11,000 A Year In His Life, Sat There, Writing Out A $25 Check To The Naacp. When I Asked Him Why, He Said Discrimination Against Anyone Is Discrimination Against Us All. And I Never Forgot That. Indeed, His Philanthropy Was A Gift, Not Just To That Organization, But To Me.

Father

Writing

Organization

Neither Party Has God On Its Side, A Monopoly On Good Ideas, Or A Lock On Any Single Fiscal, Social, Or Moral Philosophy.

Philosophy

Party

Ideas

I Have My Own Army In The Nypd, Which Is The Seventh Biggest Army In The World. I Have My Own State Department, Much To Foggy Bottom's Annoyance. We Have The United Nations In New York, And So We Have An Entree Into The Diplomatic World That Washington Does Not Have.

New York

Army

Doe

I Thought Jeb Bush Would Have Made A Good President. He Was On The Board Of My Foundation. He's Very Conservative, Much Too Conservative For Me.

President

Foundation

Boards

We Need To Inject Some Old-fashioned American Values And Common-sense, Practical Thinking Into Our Energy Policy.

Thinking

Common Sense

Energy

The Press Really Is Not Doing Its Job Of Holding Their [the Candidates'] Feet To The Fire. ... The Tough Questions Are Not What Are You In Favor Of, But How Are You Going To Get It Through Congress?

Jobs

Fire

Tough Questions

I Think Fully, That An Independent Candidate Can't Win In This Country. The Constitution Is Structured For Basically A Two-party Government, A Two-party Race.

Country

Independent

Winning

In 1975, Congress Passed A Law Requiring Fuel Efficiency Standards To Double Over 10 Years, With Incremental Targets That Auto Manufacturers Were Required To Meet. That Was The Responsible Approach, And It Worked. But Since 1985, We've Done Nothing - Even As Technology Has Moved At Light Speed.

Technology

Light

Years

There Is No Accountability Today... No Willingness To Focus On Big Ideas.

Ideas

Focus

Accountability

What The Democrats Have To Understand Is That While We Do Need To Reform Our Regulation And We Do Need More Restrictions, It Is True That It Is Capitalism And Free Enterprise And Companies That Create Jobs And Wealth For Every American.

Jobs

Reform

Needs

If A Hurricane Strikes, We Can Blame The President For Not Being There; We Can Blame Congress And Fema; We Can Blame The State Governments; But In The End, It's The Mayors And The Local City Governments That Have To Be Prepared For Emergencies And Be Prepared To Act.

Government

Cities

President

Others May Doubt Us. They May Criticize Us. They May Try To Deny Us What Is Rightfully Ours. But They Will Fail. And I Promise You, As Long As I Am Mayor, I Will Never Back Away From Fighting Any Opponent - Or Confronting Any Obstacle - That Would Prevent Our People From Achieving All Of Their Dreams In Our New York.

Dream

New York

Fighting

The Fact Is, The Most Painful And Tragic Lesson Of The 20th Century Was That Regimes Based On Racial Superiority And Religious Hatred Can't Be Trusted To Keep Their Word To The International Community.

Religious

Racism

Community

We Need People From All Around The World. We Need Entrepreneurs, We Need Students That We're Educating In Our Schools That We Then Throw Out And We Should Make Sure They Can Stay Here. If We Don't Have The New Flux Of Immigrants, Nobody's Going To Create The Jobs For The Americans Who Are Currently Out Of Work.

Jobs

School

People

I'm Not Going To Talk About Supporting Somebody For A Long Time. I Don't Know Who The Two Party Candidates Are Going To Be.

Party

Two

Long

No Place Epitomizes The American Experience And The American Spirit More Than New York City.

New York

Cities

Spirit

You Can't Define What's Middle Class, What Is Wealthy, What Is Poor.

Class

Poor

Middle

You Are Safer Here Tonight Than You Would Be On The Streets Of Any Other City In The World.

Cities

Would Be

Tonight

If Someone Tells Me They Skied All Day And Never Fell Down, I Tell Them To Find Another Mountain.

Mountain

Ifs

Don't Think That I'm - I'd- I'm Infallible. Will Always Make Mistakes.

Mistake

Thinking

Making Mistakes

You Must First Be Willing To Fail — And You Must Have The Courage To Go For It Anyway.

Firsts

Failing

Willing

The Next Day After I Got Fired, Literally The Next Day, I Started A New Company.

Next Day

Company

I Believe In Judaism, I Was Raised A Jew, I'm Happy To Be One - Or Proud To Be One.

Believe

Proud

Judaism

And I Keep Saying, Whether You Like The President Or Not, Everybody Has To Pull Together And Help The President Because, As The President Goes, So Goes The Country, As The Country Goes, So Goes Your Job, Your Ability To Feed Your Family, Your Government.

Country

Jobs

Government

I Am Heading Straight In. I Have Earned My Place In Heaven. It’s Not Even Close.

Heaven

Headings

There Will Be Ups, There Will Be Downs, There Will Be Sideways. I Can Just Tell You I Have Been Hired, I Have Been Fired, I Have Been Lauded, I Have Been Vilified. I've Said Some Of The Most Brilliant Things That Just By Accident Appeared On My Tongue, And I've Said Some Of The Dumbest Things That You Could Imagine. But Each Day - Even The Day That I Knew I Was Going To Be Fired - I Looked Forward To Because I've Always Believed That Tomorrow Was Going To Be The Best Day Of My Life.

Each Day

Tongue

Tomorrow

I'd Be Happy To Provide Advice If Anybody Asked Me No Matter Who The President Is.

Advice

President

Matter

The Russian Economy Is Way Down Because Of The Price Of Oil, And Because The Ussr Was A Big Chunk Of It.

Oil

Russian Economy

Way

There's A Fascinating Statistic: One Out Of Every Four People In America Has Visited New York Since 9/11. It Is Astounding. Now, I Don't Know How You Count It; It's Some People Coming Multiple Times.

New York

America

People

You Bet I Did And I Enjoyed It.

Weed

Marijuana

Cannabis

Canada Sets Aside 36 Percent Of Their Visas For People With Skills They Think Their Country Needs. We Set Aside Six Percent. We Educate The Doctors, And Then Don't Give 'em A Green Card.

Country

Thinking

Doctors

Politicians Generally Respond To Who Is Going To Help Them Get Elected And Re-elected.

Helping

Politician

Most People Won't Have Opportunity To Do Full-time Service, But Those Lucky Enough To Have Monetary Wealth Or Some Spare Time Really Can Make An Enormous Difference. As Someone Who's Now In The Public Sector, And Is Seeing Up-close-and-personal The Real Impact Of What We Do And What We Give, I Can Tell You: Every Dollar And Every Volunteer Help, In More Ways Than You Can Count.

Real

Opportunity

Differences

If You Want To Do Something For Your Children And Show How Much You Love Them, The Single Best Thing-by Far-is To Support Organizations That Will Create A Better World For Them And Their Children.

Children

Organization

Support

Our Climate Is Changing. And While The Increase In Extreme Weather We Have Experienced In New York City And Around The World May Or May Not Be The Result Of It, The Risk That It May Be - Given The Devastation It Is Wreaking - Should Be Enough To Compel All Elected Leaders To Take Immediate Action.

New York

Cities

Weather

You Can't Sit There And Worry About Everything.

Worry

The Governor Of Texas Was A Real Climate Change, Well, "skeptic" Would Be A Nice Way Of Phrasing It. Still, Though, Texas Is A Leader In Renewables. So, What I Care About Is What Politicians Are Actually Doing, Not What They Are Saying.

Real

Nice

Leader

After All, The Same Steps That Reduce Carbon Pollution Also Clean The Air We Breathe, Which Saves Lives And Reduces Disease.

Air

Disease

Steps

What Goes On In Europe Concerns Us Greatly Because, If Europe Comes Apart, The E.u. Comes Apart, Then You're Going To Have Enormous Impact On America, That's A Very Big Trading Partner Of Ours, And People Own Securities Around The World In This Day And Age.

Birthday

Impact

Europe

I Know A Con When I See One.

Knows

Is Your Company So Small You Have To Do Everything For Yourself? Wait Until You're So Big That You Can't. That's Worse.

Waiting

Growth

Bigs

The People Who Are Worried About Privacy Have A Legitimate Worry. But We Live In A Complex World Where You're Going To Have To Have A Level Of Security Greater Than You Did Back In The Olden Days, If You Will. And Our Laws And Our Interpretation Of The Constitution, I Think, Have To Change.

Thinking

Law

People

I Gave A Speech At The Democratic National Convention In 2016 And Warned Of Trump. America Has Survived For Almost 250 Years With Its Imperfect Democracy, But, You Know, Maybe It's A Better Democracy Than Elsewhere. And I Am Sure American Democracy Will Survive.

Democracy

Imperfect

Democratic

And I Think The More Money You Put In People's Hands, The More They Will Spend. And If They Don't Spend It, They Invest It. And Investing It Is Another Way Of Creating Jobs. It Puts Money Into Mutual Funds Or Other Kinds Of Banks That Can Go Out And Make Loans, And We Need To Do That.

Jobs

Thinking

Hands

The Public Is Upset. If They Haven't Lost Their Job, They Know Somebody That Has. If They Haven't Lost Their House, They Know Somebody That Has. What Do You Do? When Something's Wrong, It's Government's Job To Fix It, It Must Be Government That's Responsible For Causing It.

Jobs

Government

House

Nobody Wants A Job Where They Don't Have Authority To Go Along With The Responsibility. Quite The Contrary. The More Authority You Give People, The Better People You Can Attract, And The Harder They're Going To Work, And The More Loyal They Are Going To Be.

Jobs

Responsibility

People

Working Collectively And Collaboratively Is The Difference Between Mediocrity By Yourself Or Success As A Team. You Have To Share The Pain And The Responsibility And If You Do Then You Will Also Share In The Rewards.

Pain

Team

Responsibility

I Do Not Think That Anybody Should Get Paid For Lousy Performance. I've Said That For A Long Time. If You Work Hard And You Do Good, You Get Paid Well.

Hard Work

Thinking

Long

Well, We Have To Provide The World's Best Schools. We Certainly Don't Have Them, But That's Our Objective.

School

World

Wells

What I'm Trying To Do Is To Create Excitement. So People Looking At The Bloomberg's Office Building Say, "my Goodness, What's Going On Here? There's Something Different About This Company." You Want The Employees To Get Psyched. And It's A Chance To Meet Each Other. My Job Is To Get People To Work Together. With Free Food And No Offices, Even For Bloomberg, This Might Be Considered One Of The World's Great Corporate Headquarters.

People

Office

Working Together

The Estate Taxes, On Balance, Are Good. They Get People To Give Money To Charity, And They Prevent These Family Dynasties Which Keep Other People From Having Opportunities. It May Be Good For A Family, But For Society It's Probably Not Good. And I've Always Been In Favor Of Having An Estate Tax.

Opportunity

People

Giving

We Have An Energy Policy - We're Transferring Our Wealth To Overseas To A Bunch Of Countries That Don't Have The Same Values As Us. In Some Cases, They're Using Our Money To Finance Terrorism Against Us.

Country

Energy

Wealth

The One Thing Computers Have Done Is Let Us Make Bigger Mistakes. We Have To Be Careful Not To Depend On Our Machines.

Mistake

Machines

Done

Any Friend Of Fossil Is A Friend Of Mine... We’ve Got To Do Everything We Can To Get People Out Of Their Automobiles And Into Mass Transit.

People

Mass Transit

Fossils

When You Go To Washington Now, You Can Feel A Sense Of Fear In The Air - The Fear To Do Anything, Or Say Anything, That Might Affect The Polls, Or Give The Other Side An Advantage, Or Offend A Special Interest.

Air

Giving

Special

People Have No Confidence That Washington, Both Sides Of Aisle, Are Coming Together To Try And Do What's Right For The Economy.

People

Trying

Together

Government By Three Men In A Room Has Turned New York State Into A National Symbol Of Governmental Dysfunction. Enough Is Enough!

New York

Men

Dysfunction

Now, You Might Say – “but Why Should We Pay People For Doing What They’re Supposed To Do?” It’s A Fair Question – But Think Of It This Way: Every Other Anti-poverty Program That’s Been Tried Has Failed To Get The National Poverty Rate Below 11 Percent... Why Shouldn’t We Experiment With A Program Built Around The One Strategy That Has Proven Time And Again To Work Wonders – Capitalism?

Thinking

People

Might

I Think If You Look At People, Whether In Business Or Government, Who Haven't Had Any Moral Compass, Who've Just Changed To Say Whatever They Thought The Popular Thing Was, In The End They're Losers.

Change

Success

Business

You Have To Understand, We Have Better Communications And Better Transportation, So People Know What's Available Elsewhere And Can Get A Message Out, And You Can Move Things. And You [can] Say That The Economy Is More Unpredictable.

Moving

Communication

People

People Use So Much More Health Care When They Live Longer.

Health

People

Use

You're Going To See A Million People Here Who Have The Courage To Come And Not Let Terrorists Win, And That's Exactly What We Should All Do.

Winning

People

Should

On Sept. 11, 2001, Thousands Of First Responders Heroically Rushed To The Scene And Saved Tens Of Thousands Of Lives. More Than 400 Of Those First Responders Did Not Make It Out Alive. In Rushing Into Those Burning Buildings, Not One Of Them Asked, 'what God Do You Pray To?' What Beliefs Do You Hold?'

Rushing

Burning

Alive

When I Care About Something, I Care About Something. I Think I Have An Obligation As An American To - And As A Citizen, As - As A Human Being, To Help Others. Smoking Is Going To Kill A Billion People This Century. I've Put Six Hundred Million Dollars From My Own Money Into Trying To Stop The Tobacco Companies From Getting Kids To Smoke And Convincing Adults That It's Not In Their Health.

Kids

Helping Others

Thinking

A Lot Can Happen In A Week - Just Read Any Bible, .. On The Seventh Day, Election Day, Unlike The Bible, We Can't Rest.

Bible

Election

Week

If People Are Not Smoking, They'll Probably Be Drinking More.

Drinking

People

Smoking

Ten Years Have Passed Since A Perfect Blue Sky Morning Turned Into The Blackest Of Nights. Since Then We've Lived In Sunshine And In Shadow, And Although We Can Never Unsee What Happened Here, We Can Also See That Children Who Lost Their Parents Have Grown Into Young Adults, Grandchildren Have Been Born And Good Works And Public Service Have Taken Root To Honor Those We Loved And Lost.

Morning

Children

Taken

I Think We Are Not Serious About Attacking The Long-term Debt Problem, And That's One Of The Things That He's Going To Have To Find A Way To Get On The Agenda.

Thinking

Long

Agendas

Entrepreneurship Is Having An Idea To Do Something Great And Not Entirely Have A Plan On How To Do It But The Drive And Will Power To Make It Work

Ideas

Entrepreneurship

Will Power

One's A Dog-eat-dog World, And The Other One's Just The Opposite.

Dog

Opposites

World

You're Entitled To Your Own Opinions, But Not Your Own Facts.

Facts

Opinion

Entitled

In Science, A Path That Turns Out To Be A Dead End Is Very Useful Because You Don't Devote Resources To Focusing On That; You Go Elsewheres.

Path

Dead Ends

Resources

If You Don't Encounter Setbacks In Your Career, If You Don't Have Doubts And Disappointments , Let Me Tell You, You're Not Dreaming Big Enough.

Dream

Disappointment

Careers

I Don't Know Why You Should Be Proud Of Something. It Doesn't Make You Any Better Or Worse. You Are What You Are.

Proud

Should

Be Proud

I Think It's A Sign That The Establishment Is Going To Have To Change. For Too Long They Never Thought About The Average Person, Because The Average Person Is Not Organized.

Thinking

Average

Long

In New York City, A Lot Of People Think "the Great Outdoors" Is The Area Between Your Front Door And A Taxi Cab.

New York

Thinking

Cities

These Endless Legal Challenges That Define Elections In New York Are A Joke In This Country, And They Are The Reason Why It Is So Expensive, Or One Of The Reasons, It's So Expensive To Run Here And Why So Many People Decide Not To Run.

Running

Country

New York

We Are The Safest Large City In America, But Any Crime Rate Is Too High.

Cities

America

Crime

Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.

2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.

2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.

2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.

3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.

3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.

3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.

4. Proper Usage of Quotes

4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.

4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.

4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).

5. Common Mistakes to Avoid

5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.

5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.

5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.

6. Quotes in Different Contexts

6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.

6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.

6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.

7. Punctuation and Formatting

Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:

Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.

Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.

Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.

8. Ethical Considerations

Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes

Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.

Conclusion

Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.

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